How to Make Seafood Seasoning
A popular store-bought spice blend for seafood, such as crab and shrimp, is Old Bay seasoning, which is known for its zesty flavor. Mimicking this flavor is fairly simple, however. In order to produce a quarter-cup of seasoning, all you will need is some fresh and bottled spices. Although fresh spices are usually always preferable, paprika, celery salt and red pepper flakes are easier to buy in bottled form. Remember that in order to get the most flavor out of your spices, grind only as much as you'll need when you're actually cooking your dishes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Paprika
- Celery salt
- Red pepper flakes
- Small bowl
- Spoon
- 1 bay leaf
- Pestle
- Mortar
- Fresh dry mustard
- Fresh black pepper
- Fresh nutmeg
- Fresh cloves
- Fresh ginger root
- Fresh mace
- Fresh cardamom
Instructions
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Put 1/2 tsp. paprika, 2 1/2 tsp. celery salt and 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes in the small bowl.
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Stir the spices together with a spoon.
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Crush the bay leaf with the pestle in the mortar.
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Put the crushed leaf in the small bowl with the paprika, celery salt and red pepper, and stir with the spoon.
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Measure 1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard and 1 1/2 tsp. black pepper, and put them in the mortar.
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Grind the spices into small pieces with the pestle.
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Add the crushed spices to the small bowl and blend all the spices with the spoon.
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Put 3/4 tsp. nutmeg and 1/2 tsp. cloves into the mortar.
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Grind the nutmeg and cloves, put them in the bowl, and stir them into the other spices.
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Measure 1/2 tsp. ginger root, 1/4 tsp. mace and 1/4 tsp. cardamom into the mortar.
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Crush the three spices together with the pestle, add them to the other spices, and blend them thoroughly with the spoon.
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Tips & Warnings
A spice grinder also can be used to crush your spices and reduce your prep time. Instead of grinding each spice individually, you can crush them all at once, then wash out the machine so it won't retain any of the flavors that can taint the next spice that's added to the grinder.
